tank tracks

[gosd]

Which portion of the aicraft file do I have to modify in order to make the tracks left by a tank narrower, and how ?

 

[Frosty]

Which portion of the aicraft file do I have to modify in order to make the tracks left by a tank narrower, and how ?

Knowing next to nothing about effects, I think it is a 'track effect' (no pun intended but funny nevertheless - of course meant in a 'lingering effect' -sense, not the moving treads of a tracked vehicle) like exhaust smoke, contrails etc. So if you want to change it, you would probably have to look into the effect files. I would imagine there might be an entry that defines the size of the track texture. Changing and saving all the required strings as a new effect, you could add it to your models .xdp file.

IIRC, there are tanks in MAW that leave tank tracks in the sand. You could have a peek how they did it...

 

[gosd]

Had a look at the effects used in the .xdp file of tanks but found nothing that could help.

 

[Frosty]

Had a look at the effects used in the .xdp file of tanks but found nothing that could help.

I think that CFS3 automatically assigns effects that are caused by contact points defined as wheels to your vehicle or aircraft. But IIRC it is possible to assign a specific effect to a model's location by adding an emitter to the model and specifiying the effect and/or location in the xdp. For the effects themselves you 'll have to look in the effects.xml file.

 

[Frosty]

Found it (I think):

<chains_track ClassName="TrackEffect" FlatTrack="1" Lifetime="0" InitialDelay="0" ParticleLifetime="70" FadeInTime="0" FadeOutTime="2" PosX="0" PosY="0" PosZ="0" CountSegments="100" SegmentLength="1" Width="3.5" WidthGrow="0" InitialAlpha="1" InitialColor="255 255 255" Alpha="1" Color="255 255 255" FinalAlpha="0" FinalColor="255 255 255" BlendMode="QuadSprite" Texture="dr_chains_track.dds" ZBias=".01"/>

The texture it uses (dr_chains_track.dds) can be found in the MAW effects/fxtextures-folder. I would start playing with the value Width="3.5"

 

[gosd]

@Frosty
Thank you for trying to help. Tried your suggestion but not a solution.
What I am trying to address is the width of the track spread left by the wirbelwind found in MAW.

 

[Daiwilletti]

hi gosd,
is it a driveable Wirbelwind? The tracks certainly look odd. If driveable, try altering the width of the undercarriage as specified in the contact points in the aircraft.cfg file.

 

[gosd]

@Daiwilletti
Thanks this did the trick.